ReDiscovering God

Ever wonder what texts Jesus used in his Bible Study with the two on the Road to Emmaus or the rest of the disciples later? In this podcast we share what we think he showed them because they were blind to what was hiding in plain sight. Makes us wonder what we might still be missing. Come and join us as the adventure continues. The Pdf is at www.rediscoveringgod.ca

Of the many options Jesus had he chooses the sign of Jonah to illustrate what he was about to experience in his death and resurrection. Come on this journey with us as we uncover what is behind this story that sheds light on Jesus and his experience. You will be fascinated as the takes on so much more meaning that it ever has before. Get the pdf at www.rediscoveringgod.ca.

Join us as we take a close look at what it meant for Jesus to die the second death and discover the power of the resurrection. You can find the pdf at www.rediscoveringgod.ca.

In looking carefully at the first and Second Adam today we discover the importance of the free choice that we enjoy. No choice that has a punishment attached is a free choice. Too often the way Christianity has describe salvation is actually a forced choice and leaves God in a very negative light, who to destroys those who exercise their freedom and decide not to follow Him. Check out the website...

Have you ever considered that the way the Bible portrays God is very immoral. If you carefully read the stories you find that God is attributed to doing things that if anyone else did them we would declare that person immoral. Yet of course we believe God is moral. So the challenge is how do we understand these stories of the Bible. We look closely at some of these stories and endeavour to provide...

Look with us at the scriptural evidence that reveals that Jesus is not just a great one but is the greatest ONE. We brag about Jesus and how he stands head and shoulders above everyone prophet in every way. What He tells us about God carries more weight than anyone else in the Bible. God himself says listen to Him. www.rediscoveringgod.ca has the pdf document we are referencing. 

These seven last words of Jesus are probably not the most memorized words of Jesus and yet they give us tremendous insight into the very heart of God and reveal his amazing love for each of his children that exist on this earth. May your heart be encouraged as you listen. www.rediscoveringgod .ca has the pdf document with the verses were talked about today. 

We conclude our series on Idioms and Symbols of the Bible. Reimagine what you understood John the Baptist meant when he introduced Jesus as the Lamb of God. This idiom has far reaching implications. The Bible is an ancient document that was written in another language and needs careful thought to understand what is really being communicated. We hope you will be blessed and enabled to see a better...

There are some things in the Bible that just don't make sense if taken literally. This episode helps us make sense of the Bible when we understand the idiom used and we realize what is actually being communicated. We talk about a few and will continue next week with some more. These will serve as examples that will help you when you discover other sayings in the Bible that seem a bit extreme or mi...

Have you ever been confused by the idea that if the Holy Spirit is guiding our conscience why do we at times arrive a very different opinions as to what is the right thing to do? It appears that someone is not really listening to the Holy Spirit. Then comes the enlightening idea that perhaps the conscience cannot be equated with the Holy Spirit. So what is the role of the Holy Spirit? Come and joi...

We conclude this series on the government of God as we look at the grand choruses in Revelation 4 and 5 to discover what had been finally revealed that caused them to break into songs of praise and adoration for Jesus, the Lamb that was slain and is now able to open the scroll and reveal the other side of suffering. May your hearts be moved as ours were as we once again come to see Him more clearl...

In part one we looked at what the government of God could look like. Then in this part two we look at the Romance Model of the Government of God that seems to fit better than any other model considered. We invite you to join us as we consider what Jesus said about his kingdom and a couple of observations of Paul. The pdf document is available on our website. www.rediscoveringgod.ca

Have you ever wondered about God's government? The way our government works is the one with the most power carries the day. But God's government is very different because God is love and gives free choice to us. People can choose to not follow him. What then are the consequences? It this first part we review the typical ways if thinking about government. In part two we will propose a way of unders...

We usually think of the gospel as something that God initiates in response to the entrance of sin. Join us as we pursue the idea that the Gospel, the Good News has always been from before creation and will continue into the world to come. It describes Gods unwavering commitment to love no matter what happens because that is who he is - love. On our website is the pdf with all the verses we will be...

We conclude our two part series with this eye-opening lens to see the God of the Old Testament in a way that is more consistent with the way Jesus understood the character of God. It is so very helpful to realize the Hebrew writers didn't have an understanding of the devil that Jesus gives us in the New Testament. With that understanding it is necessary to go back into the Old Testament and clarif...

There are definite challenges when we try to reconcile the way God is portrayed in the Old Testament as opposed to the picture of God Jesus had. Christianity has not done a good job in answering the accusations made about God by Richard Dawkins that place God in an extremely bad light. In this podcast we reveal a paradigm that provided a framework to unify the God of the Bible. It is incredibly si...

Join us as we take a closer look at this chapter in the book Great Controversy written by Ellen White on the topic of the Investigative Judgement. This chapter and the teaching of this judgement has troubled many people and traumatized some with a picture of God that does not seem to fit with the picture Jesus portrays as he said, "if you have seen me, you have seen the father." We hope that this...

Could it really be that simple to just believe? What does it mean to believe and what should we believe? This episode addresses these questions and makes it very clear that we can live with confidence having believed in Jesus. Listen and discover what we have the privilege to believe as a result of His amazing love for us, that continues even when one may choose not to believe. See the pdf at www....

We conclude our series on how to understand God as as consuming fire as we continue to look carefully at the passages that describe this situation. It is very important to look at the context of the passages to determine what is being communicated as well as to determine if this is literal or a metaphor. This journey has been very enlightening and has enabled us to see God as the One that Jesus ca...

Jesus could have come to this earth in any form He might choose, so why would He come as a baby? As we track the reaction of people when God showed up we discover that they are all afraid and so how can God get close to His children once again? How can we come to love Him to the point of trusting Him? This is what He longs for. So He comes and is born as a baby, because no one is afraid of a baby....

The Bible refers to God as a consuming fire. How is that to be understood in light of a nonviolent God? Is it true that in the end God is as a consuming fire literally consumes the wicked with His presence. Join us in discovering what this means in light of what Jesus knew about God. The pdf document is on the website rediscoveringgod.ca.

We conclude our series on sacrifices with a very eye opening look at the evidence in scripture that reveal God's attitude toward sacrifices. We discover that the whole sacrificial system was not God's plan but simply God's way of relating to us in a way we could understand. He did not want their sacrifices. We thought He did, and so we have built a whole theology around why Jesus came that fit tha...

We continue on our series as we look more closely at sacrifices in Israel and the five basic types of sacrifice they made. Then next week in the third episode in this series of three we will conclude and look at how God relates to the tradition of sacrificing animals at the temple. We discover that what Christianity has taught for years may in fact not be the case.  Join us as we continue on...

Join us as we take a closer looks a human sacrifices in the Bible and discover that there is ample evidence that Israel was sacrificing more than just animals but also their very own children. God says he would never think of requiring such a thing. So how does that fit with he idea that God requires the death of His first born son before he is able to save us and forgive our sins? We begin this j...

As we take a closer look at the book of Hebrews we discover it was written to a group of people who had left the temple worship with its traditions,  ceremony and ritual to meet in a house church and follow Jesus. But now they were having second thoughts and are considering returning to the worship at the temple and all they were accustomed to. The book of Hebrews reminds them that Jesus Chri...